Introduction to Philosophy Classical and Contemporary Readings

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The "Rolls Royce" of introductory philosophy texts, this is the most comprehensive topically organized anthology of philosophical readings available, from the best and most influential works in philosophy.Introduction to Philosophy, Fifth Edition, is the most comprehensive topically organized collection of classical and contemporary philosophy available. It presents seventy selections from the best and most influential works in philosophy, offering a unique balance between classical and contemporarymaterial. Ideal for introductory philosophy courses, the text includes sections on the meaning of life, God and evil, knowledge and reality, the philosophy of science, the mind/body problem, freedom of will, consciousness, ethics, and philosophical puzzles and paradoxes.

Preface

Philosophy

Introduction: On the Study of Philosophy

Logical Tool kit

Writing Philosophy Papers

The Value of Philosophy

Plato, Apology: Defence of Socrates

God And Evil

Introduction

Why Believe?

The Ontological Argument

The Existence of God

Natural Theology

The Wager

Why I Am Not a Christian

The Problem of Evil

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

God, Evil and the Best of All Possible Worlds

A Dialogue on Good, Evil, and the Existence of God

Knowledge And Reality

Introduction

Plato and the Concept of Knowledge

Plato, Thaetetus

Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?

Descartes and the Problems of Skepticism

Meditations on First Philosophy

Bad Dreams, Evil Demons, and the Experience Machine: Philosophy and The Matrix